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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1905)
The Omaha Daily Bee SUBSCRIBERS Pilling fa eef Tht See rtQvhrly or promptly ikavM report fo 'Pi out 89T. WHrS WANTED? Cti It fcf Inserting a Unit Wttit A4 In The Bee '5 dtt$ifitd idttrtitlng columns. ESTABLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAJIA, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 11, 1903. SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS. HOUSE TO ORGANIZE Speaker Canaan Expected to Aniounce Hit Committee Today. FRAMING Of SUBCOMMITTEES COMES NEXT When Thia it Completed Lower Henee Will Ba Ready for Work. LITTLE IS EXPECTED BEFORE CHRISTMAS Leaden Inclined to Expedite tbe Pbilip iae Tariff Bill. senate and Panama appropriation Roma Predict It Will Vmrnm the Beaato ' ' Thl Wtrk mill it Certainly Will Before Christmas ' Holidays. ' WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-6peaker Can non will announce the committee of the house tomorrow. Thl will practlclly eompieto the organization of the popular branch of the Flfty-nlntl. congress. Tha, committee so appointed wilh, meet during the week for organization, the appoint ment of subcommittees and the assignment to them of ponding measures. In due time the subcommittee will report to the full committee and they In turn to the house. In this manner the wheels of legislation will be started. With the long session ahead, however, no Important results are exp.cted until after the holiday recess; The appropriations committee, which perhaps has the heaviest . task to perform, will first consider either the legislative or the District of Colum bia bills, but the outlook is that neither of these measures will receive committee attention before the holidays. That there will b no lack of legisla tive propositions Is Indicated by tho S,DT8 bills which have already been Introduced In the house since the . opening of this session. Many of these are known as private bills, affecting only individual In terests. v . It Is usual to fix the holiday adjournment for about December 21 to allow members to reach their homes for Christmas. While no date thus far has been decided, this adjournment Is fully expected Thursday, December 21. Leaders arc disposed to expedite con sideration of the Philippine tariff bill and hearings undoubtedly will begin as soon as the ways and means committee has or ganised. Work of the Senate. The, llrst Important measure which will receive the attention of the senate will be the Panama canal emergency appropria tion hill, and Its consideration will begin this week. Borne senutora predict that It ' will become a law before the close of the week, lint filhcrs have expressed the opinion that final action will be deferred until the week following. There will be no effort to pn-tenl the passage of the bill In- some shape but there will lxi some opposition lu li'''pAikatod-.KUmUion of the I&.SOO.OOA KiiblmrVed "by 'I fie house from the amount ' to lie appropriated. Regardless of '.he sum, the bill will be utilised as a basis for tho mc;nl discussion1 of the canal question. It is expected that tho debate will deal largely with the question as to whether the canal shall be constructed on the sea level. There Is some conflict of opinion as to whether tho bill shall be referred to the committee on appropriations or to that on Interrceanlc canal. The general expectation is there will bo comparatively Utile additional legislation before the Christmas holidays. Several other measures will be vigorously pressed during the session, but with the exception of the merchant marine Mil. the sponsors of the hills do not count upon getting early consideration. Senator finllinger will call up the mer chant marine bill at tho first opportunity and Is hopeful that action wilt not be long delayed. No one counts upon even getting a re port from committees on the railroad rate bill until some time after the holidays. The three measures mentioned arc consid ered the most Important which will come Before the senate this session and they will receive much attention until they are finally disposed of. The consideration by he senate of the Joint statehood bill and tho bill for the reduction of the duty on Philippine importations Into the United States will necessarily be postponed until flor the holidays. .No one now expects any effort to modify the tariff unless In the1 direction of Senator Lodge's bill pro viding for a maximum and minimum rate. The . Massachusetts senator regards this proposition with much favor and will press It strenuously If he receives any encourage ment to do no. ' Much of the time' during the present week will be devoted to the reorganization uf the committees and there Is hope that the announcement of the changes can be made before Thursday. '. Senator Mitchell's death will be an nounced by Senator Fulton tomorrow, but It is not probable that the announcement will cause an adjournment of the senate. PRESERVING JNDIAN MUSIC Commissioner I.eupp Takes steps to Prevent Its Being Fork-often Art. . WASHINGTON. Dec. I0.The necessity for preserving Indian music, the estab lishment of an Indian reform school and the erection of a sanitarium, for tuber cular Indiana are now feature of the annual report of the commissioner of Indian affairs, Francis E. Leupp. After discussing the Indian question generally, the commissioner says that In pursuance of the general Idea of saving Instead of crushing what la generally characteristic In the Indian, steps have been taken by him for the preservation through the schools of what Is best In Indian music A vast Improvement In the method of purchasing supplies for the Indians, par ticularly drugs, and in the quality of sup piles received, ts noted by the commls alouer. . The despoliation of prehistoric ruins by rello hunter and other 1 particularly referred to and the commissioner quoted from a former letter; of instruction to Indian agent warning them that unless protective legislation shall be secured everything- practicable must be done to prevent these depredation. With regard to certain fund of th dif ferent Sioux tribe, Including the Santee Sioux of Nebraska, and Quapawa, Com missioner Iupp reports be baa some doubt as to their availability tor th pur pose Indicated and he ha turned the sub ject over to the attorney general for an opinion, which, however, up to the date aia report bad not been received. CHINESE FORMULATE DEMANDS State Terms on W hich They Will Call Oft the Boycott oa Amer ica Goods. IIONO KONG. Dec. 10 At a meeting of the boycott committee of the Chinese guilds and American merchants here today tho fornv r drew up the following demands, the granting of which they said would be necessary to bring the boycott to an end: First A distinct definition of the term "laborer." Second "r,iat legislation affecting the Chinese rr mve the approval of the Chi nese gnv ;nt. Third' i. American consuls In Chln-i be authc to Issue certificates for ad mission ' - ,ie United States of Chinese except I e rs. without hindrance, except In cases J raud. Fourt e Issue of passports by the Chines jther governments for submis sion t( .erlenn consuls preparatory to the gr g of certificates. Klftl (Ileal examination prior to de partui be conducted by one American doctoi one Euronean doctor, the latter to be lnted by the Chinese authorities, with nillar examination on arrival In the 1 3 States If found necessary. The i. th and seventh demands call for most favored nation treatment of Chinese residents and travelers In the United Stats. The eighth demand repudiates exceptional registration. Ninth The admission of Chinese laborers to the Islands of Hawaii and the Philip pines, provided the local authorities arc willing. Tenth In case of neeessarv Inoulrv on ar rival there Is to be no detention provided security be furnlHhed. Technical errors In papers nre not to be considered a bar to admission. Kleventh The admission of the fumllles of Chinese residents, the importation of fe males being safeguarded. Twelfth The rend mission to the United States of Chinese who have been deport 'd for non-registration on proof of their pos session of property In that country or that they are creditors there. HAVANA PRISONERS MUTINY Two Mortally and Severul Serlonsly Wounded In Conflict vltli Gnartla. HAVANA. Dec. 10. The convicts in the penitentiary mutinied tonight and a fierce fight between them and the guurds fol lowed, In which two of the prisoners were mortally wounded, sixteen more or less seriously wounded and three of the guards badly Injured. The convicts to the number of 160 were proceeding from their quarters to supper In charge of only one officer, who was armed with a revolver, and three guards who carried machetes. The prisoners suddenly rushed on the guards nnd overpowered them, taking their machetes, when the offi cer fired, wounding several of the prisoners. He was then seized by the convicts and roughly handled, being badly wounded and cut on the head and body. Hearing the shooting our more guards, armed with guns, came on the scene and fired Into the crowd of convicts, driving them back. The arrival of a platoon of artillerymen completely cowed the convicts and ren dered further firing unnecessary. The prison contains more than 1..1H0 prisoners. BUREAUCRACY IS DOOMED Novelist Says Common People of . Russia. Are Goud, bat Rutins Classes Are Thieves. STOCKHOLM. Dec. 10 The Associated Press today had an Interview with Henry Slenklewlci! prior to his receiving the Nobel prize for literature. The novelist snld: "I have not been In Poland for throe weeks. The situation In Russia and In Poland is extremely had. The bureaucracy cannot Inst much longer with or without revolution. Its days are counted. The Russian people are good, but the bureau crats are a set of thieves. That was proved by the war. Count Wltte's position Is most difficult. Wltte Is clever and of great cu paclty, but It Is doubtful If he will be able to retain his position." MORE THOtBI.K FOII HlXGAItl Roumanians in Border Provinces Sus tain the Kmperor. VIENNA. Dec. 10. An Interesting ex ample of the mixture of races existing In Hungary Is given In reports which reached Vienna today of the beginning of what may prove to be a serious movement among the Roumanian Inhabitants of Southern Hungary in favor of the ein-peror-klng against the Magyars, who In the name of Hungary are fighting against the crown. The Roumanians living in the border provinces of Temes. A tad and Bihar are holding secret meetings and campaigning against the Hungarians, crying "down with the Hungarian gentry" and "we will not let harm befall Francis Joseph." One Hungarian who opposed a Rou manian candidate for membership in the chamber of deputies has been murdered and gendarmes have been asked for. Many Hungarians are leaving the Isolated country" districts for the towns, while others are arming themselves. The Rou manians are even declaring that they will drive out all Hungarians from th prov inces bordering on Roumanla. The Roumanians number 2.5W.M4 In Hungary as against 6.500,000 Magyars. MURDERERS DEFY POLICE Barricade is Finally Battered Dona and Three Men Arc Arrested. NEW YORK, Dec. W.-Kollowlng a hoo. Ing affray In which one man was kilkd and another perhaps mortally wounded to night, three men charged by the police with having been concerned In the affair bar ricaded themselve In a tenement In Frank lin street. West New Brighton. Statcn Island. Until the doors were battered down they, with their friends, defied the police re serve of the district to come and take them. With tho entire neighborhood on the verge of riot, and after an hour's work a section of telegraph pole waa Jammed through th barrier. Policemen with club and revolver fought their way over op posing rank of men and women and the arrests were made. Thomas Rooney, aged 2t was shot through the heart, and James Roach, aged a, la In a hospital with a bullet In his abdomen. Antonio Zarlllo, Nlcolo Tlzorro and Giuseppe Martono are under arrest. It 1 said that trouble arose from racial enmity. DEATH RECORD. Carl Frederick von Kalian. NEW TORK. Dec. 10. -Carl Frederick von laltxa. an instructor in fine arts at Colum bia university and at tue Teachers' college, Hed today, after an Illness extending over i month. Pie died In Ignorance of the fact I nai ms wire naa oiea tare flays before I aim at the same hospital; ANOTHER CRISIS IN RUSSIA Arrest of Workingmen'a Leader Likely to Precipitate a General Strike. CHARGED HE CONTEMPLATED REVOLUTION Clash Between Striker nnd Police. In Which Several Are Killed. Also Serves to Farther Inflame tbe Populace. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 10. Another crisis la at hand Involving the Indefinite prolongation of the strike, the probable Immediate precipitation of a general strike throughout Russia, and a possible final struggle between the government and the proletariat. This sudden change for the worse is thfl result of the shedding of the first blood in the telegraph strike this afternoon almost simultaneously with the action of M. Dur novo, minister of the Interior, In throwing down the gauntlet to the labor organisa tions by arresting M. Krustalcff. president of the executive committee of v the work men's council, without warning. About 2 o'clock several companies of Cos sacks clattered through the streets leading to the headquarters of the council In Tar govla street. Having barred the approaches a force of troops nnd police surrounded the building, after which secret service men rushed in and seized Krustaleff. The latter made no resistance and the affair was con ducted quickly. It was Impossible for Krus taleff to conceal the papers of the organiza tion. In which the police evidently expect to find evidence proving the ultimate ef fect to be an armed uprising against the government. A disturbance In which two strikers were killed and a policeman and several others wounded occurred at the same hour Imrat dlattiy In front of the general postqffloe. The strikers for two days have been seeking to persuade the volunteer and regular car riers to refuse to work. At the door of the building today, the strikers, enraged by the refusul of the volunteers to quit, drew knives, whereupon a carrier attempted to defend himself with a revolver. Both the carrier and a companion were killed on the BpJt. Saved by Bogus Bomb. A squad of policemen was stood off by the strikers and workmen who sympathized with them. Both sides exchanged a fierce fusillade, during which a policemen and sev eral workmen were wounded. 1 As the strikers were withdrawing a Cos sack patrol came galloping to the rescue. One of the strikers turned and threw an Imitation bomb nnd the Cossacks wheeled In order to avoid what they presumed to be a deadly missile. The crowd managed to get In an open courtway close to the door and to escape. The news of the arrest of Krustaleff created an Immense sensation among th workmen. All the socialist, tabor and kindred organizations are holding a meet ing tonight, at which most inflammatory speeches are being made In denunciation of tho government and all are talking of a genera strike In order to save their leader. Krustaleff, a he Is called, though that I not his native. Is regarded as the brains of the revolutionary' movement. He has dis played genius In organizing both the indus trial and political strikes which have ter rorized the government. His offer of finan cial support, to the telegraphers yesterday prevented a rollapse of their strike. In some quarters It Is believed that the government, renlizing that a great strug gle with the workmen and the socialist or ganizations is inevitable In January, ar rested Krustnleff with the intention of de liberately precipitating matters by chal lenging the organizations before they were fully prepared. This show of strength also gives color to the support that the douir.a election law, which it Is now expected will be promulgated next week, is to be fol lowed by energetic measures to restore or der, even If It be necessarv to declare mnr tial law In various parts of the empire, on the ground that It would be Impossible to hold the elections In the present state of the country. At the same time It Is un derstood that It Is the Intention of the government to go a step further in the di rection of appeasing the peasants by pro viding for purchase by them on the Install ment plan of a portion of the crown ap pendages and the private estates that have been hypothecated to the government land banks and unredeemed. Fear a Revolution. WTille such a program undoubtedly would receive the sympathy of that section of the j population which desires the restoration of I order above everything, especially of the j business interests like the manufacturers of St. Petersburg, who yesterday passed a resolution In favor of prosecuting the agi tators to the full extent of the law, It would provoke the socialists and revolution aries to desperation. The moderate liberals also believe that such a policy would be suicidal and would be sure to bring In its wske repression, then sn armed conflict with the proletariat, and finally a bloody revolution. Many persons believe that Count Wltte will not lend himself to such program, that hla fall is Imminent and that when he goes he will leave reaction and revolution face to face. It Is again rumored that the pre mier already has resigned and will be suc ceeded by General Count Alexis Ignatieff. Another rumor Is to the effect that Lieu tenant General Mtstchenko, one of the heroes of the war in Manchuria, who is now on his way to St. Petersburg, will as sume the dlstatorshlp. . The Associated Press Is unable to obtain confirmation of any of these rumors. On the contrary it learns from a high source that Count Witte' position, so far as tho emperor Is concerned. Is perfectly secure and that his majesty Is giving him the wid est co-operation. Neverthless, the count's faUure to accomplish something tangible has caused him to lose ground steadily In publlo opinion. ' Even the Slo.vo, the organ of the "Legal orders," turns savagely on him, declaring that he Is a failure and urging that It will be' lm)osslble to restore public confidence until power ha passed to the hands of the douma, when Count Wltte must give way to a cabinet selected by the national as sembly. The editors of the newspapers are hold ing a meeting tonight to determine their attitude toward the new press law. In view of today' event It I practically certain that they will vote to defy be law. Moscow Strike Abating. MOSCOW. Dec. 10.-VI Warsaw. Dec. 10.) The strike of tho factory employes la abating. The majority of the workmen have resumed, accepting the stand of the employers, that ten hours shall consti tute a day. Practical Mutiny at Warsaw. WARSAW, Dec. 10.-The ferment among the troops is increasing. A hundred soldier of the K.'xhnlm rrglment beaded a pre- (Continued on Second Page.) PROBLEMS OF IMMIGRATION Commissioner aargeaut Say They Are the Greatest Before the Cooatrr. WASHINGTON. Dec. lO.-In presenting the annual report of the bureau of Immi gration Commissioner General Sargeant re fers to the magnitude and gravity of the problems presented by the growth of the tllen population of the United States. "These problems." he declares, "loom ao largely In the prospect of our country that It may he said, without giving Just cause to charge exaggeration, that all other questions of public economy relating to things rather then to human beings, shrink Into comparative Insignificance." The total alien arrivals reported for the year of 1,026. 499 represents an Increase over the preceding year of J13.GS3. of which the continental ports of the United State re port 19.;i0. At the Insular ports the In crease was 2.S19. although the arrivals nt Porto Rico were les by ninety-four than In 1904. There Rlso was a large Increase In arrivals at southern ports, while a de crease Is shown for the Pacific ports, which Is accounted for In some measure by the Russian-Japanese war. Of the Increased arrivals abovo referred to Austria-Hungary eent 88.537 over its quota of 1904. Russia 29.755. Italy 28.183 and the United Kingdom 49,514. This Increase from the Inst men tioned country, says the commissioner, Is somewhat offset by the decreases from Germany. Switzerland and Sweden. Not withstanding tho Increase from Italy, that country, says the commissioner, may be regarded aH having probably reached tho high water mark. v From this showing .Commissioner Sar geant ventures the prediction that tho chief sources of future Increases In im migration are those too In Europe which have the greatest resources In population probably to dispense with, Russia and Austria-Hungary. "With the facts in view," he says, "it will te possible to cal culate with reasonable certainty on the character of immigration In Its greater bulk for some yeurs to come, at least of European immigration." T!,e importance of a proper understanding of the contract labor law is dwelt upon in the report. No feature of tho Immi gration law, he declares, ha proved so difficult of enforcement as that which was passed for the protection of labor In this country from the unfair competition of aliens. The chief obstacle ; the way of such enforcement he attributes to the erroneous impression thnt it Is a measure wrung from congress against Its will bj the power of organized labor, "exneting all It could obtain rather than seeking the simple justice." WHOLESALE FRAUDS IN LANDS Horace MeKlnley Confesses to Sell Inn; Immense Aerewsre In Oregon. PORTLAND. Ore., w-rltten by Horace Mc Hlbbard, four months c. 10. In letters Clnley to George J. igo, a date several ninntns subsequent ty, the conviction In this state of himself ant) 8. A. D. Puter for defrauding the goVcrajnent of Its public domain, and which JM turned over to Iat'd Agent Oswald A Hrh.rd,-Me- Klnley asserted that he had sold 'lands to the State bank Of La Crosse, to the Firm National bank of Roseburg. Ore., the First National bank of Eugene., Ore., the Firxt Nntinnal bank of Salem. Ore., nnd many others. The list Includes H. H. Withe of La Crosse, Wis., 15.000 acres; II. A. Salzer of Ij. Cross", 11.33: George Salzer of Minne apolis. 7.0; Frederick Kribs of Portland. Ore.. 700; 8. T. Hyde of La Crosse, 6,400; Flnley Morrison (Cantleld estatel, B.nftt; Hyde & Thompson of Cascade Locks, Ore., 4.0n; ltvl Withe of l - Crosse, 4.m0: Abner Glle estate of I.a Oro:.e, 4.000; J. C. Storv of Monahan, Wash.. fi.OilO; John Paul of Watertown, Fla., ;.00fl; R. h. paij of Wnter.own. Fla.. I.IWO; Hiram Goddard of La Crosse, 2,000; James Villentc of La Crosse, 400; Frank Tiffany of Milwaukee, NEW LINE INTO LOS ANGELES Western Pacific Announces It Will Invade Southern Cali fornia. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10. The Times Bays todav: "The Western Pacific railway will build to Los Angeles at once" Is the authorita tive statement of Treasurer Brown of the new transcontinental line. The road from Ios Angeles to San Francisco is not to be delayed until the completion of the Western Pacific from Salt Lake to the tlolden Gate. The work on the route Into the hesrt of Southern California Is to be commenced Immediately, says Rrown. This has been acromplished through the organization of a new company, the arti cles of which have not vet been fil.rf h.it I for whleh .h. -., t" . ....... . .j,, vn , rimn nas been subscribed. The route as planned will be northward from Los Angeles by way of Cochlco pass to San Jose. From j San Jose the new line will parallel the Southern Pacific to the San Francisco terminus. TRIAL OF PACKERS TODAY First Clash Will tome on Claim of Promised Immunity. CHICAGO. Dec. 10. The trial of the packers under indictment for alleged viola tlons of the Sherman anti-trust law and for alleged conspiracy to establish a monopoly will be called tomorrow morning before United States Judge Bcthea. Thirty-five eminent attorneys are expected to appear for the packers, while Attorney General W. H. Moody. Special Assistant Oliver II. Pagin. District Attorney Morrison and his assistants will represent the United Stats. Following the selection of a Jury evidence for and against the packers' claim of ex emption from prosecution which the pack ers say was promised them by Commls sloner cf Corporations James A. Garfield, will be presented. MICKEY EOISCK9 BOODI.ERV Talka to Iowa Audience About Graft In Hleh Places. MAR8HALLTOWN. Ia., Pec. 10.-In tht course of an address on "Character Build ing." delivered here this afternoon. Gov ernor J. H. Mickey of Nebraska waa en thusiastically . applauded when referring to the graft among men in high places of public trust. He declared that certain senators who had disgraced the nation ought to have the good sense to resign their positions. He said he had no apology to offer for injecting politic into a re llglous address because a man' politic should be as clean a hi religion. lliNNlMiHAM R. SC01T DEAD Farmer Judge of District Court Favei Away While Sleeping. HAD BEEN AT HIS OFFICE ON FRIDAY Katlre of Ohio, II Mad Practiced taw la Three States and Had Passed Through Many Stormy Experiences. Former Judge Cunningham R. Scott died Sunday morning at 2 o'clock at his residence, 2U3J Dodge street, after a brief illness. He waa stricken with a severe cold two weeks ago and. although more or loss indisposed, was uble to be at his office for a short while Friday morning. He took to his bod Friday and died while asleep Sunday morning. The attending physicians stated the weakness of the patient's heart made It impossible for him to fight the cold. The wife of the deceased died In Omaha three years ago. He is survived by a son, Edgar H. Scott of 3167 Davenport street, and two daughter, Laura and Katherine, who live at home. Judge Scott ftvurcd .more or less In local political and legal affairs for twenty years. Ho came to Omaha from Council Bluffs In 1SS8, anu until 1893 was In legal partnership with his son. In 1502 he took up the duties of district Judge, to whicli he was elected on the republican ticket. He was re-elected in 1896 and was a can didate for a third term aa a silver repub lican, but failed to secure the Indorse ment of the democrats or populists. Ho mn Independently, hut did not poll the requisite vote. In 1K$ ho aspired to fusion nomination lor supreme judge as a silver republlcun. Flaarcil In Stormy Incidents. Mr. Scott's Judicial and political career In Omaha was marked by many stormy passages. During his occupation of thu criminal branch of the district court, however, he achieved much notoriety for hi freakish performances. Both as a politician and judge , he had fighting qualities of no uncertain quantity. One of Judge Scott's decisions that pertaining to the power of the mayor to appoint the Board of Fire and Police commissioners created wide - spread In terest, finally resulting in tho supreme court reversing tho decision after it had once boon sustained. Judge Scott ruled that the mayor could appoint the com missioners, tho carrying out of which de cision necessitated the ousting ot the old boa rd. Ctlnnlngliam R. Scott was born in Wayne county, Ohio, October C 1832. He entered Mount Union college "and prac ticed law with John McSwnney at Wor cester, O., and later at Bryan, O.. where he opened an ofllce. He moved from Ohio to Tipton, la., from where he went to Anamosa, la., where he lived twelve years and served as district attorney three years. In U74 he moved to Council Bluffs, practicing law there for twelve years before taking up his residence in Omaha. The funeral service will le hold ut the residence Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock. Bcv. In Jerks will have charge of tho service. CLOSE CALL FOR AN OLD MAN Jumps On of llnrnina Buildlnsr one ( Too Soon to Save Ills Life. A lire broke out at 1209 Dodge street last night In an old hulk of a building occupied by several colored families. This came near resulting In the death of August A. Fescher, an old German tailor, who was asleep in an upper room. Tho fire began in one of the rooms In the east end of the house, but how no one of the Inmates wss able or willing to say. One of the negro women. Mrs. Mary Patterson, said that most of the people who put up there were out and that she did not see tho fire until It was beyond control. The druggist at Twelfth and Dodge turned In the alarm, but the whole house was In flames when the work of fighting It began. A "thrill of fenr seized the crowd of on looker when the face of an old man ap peared at one of th upper windows In a circle of fire. He was making desperate efforts to raise the window and once he fell backward, apparently Into the fire. He was able to rise again and broke the glass nnd plunged out headlong. Officer Frank Dlvls saved him from a fall which would probably have been fatal. Dlvls had been keeping the crowd back and rushed in when he saw the old man struggling with the window and in time to catch him as he fell. The man's hair and beard were scorched and his clothes were smoking from the fierce heat. He was hurried to the police station, where Dr. Cox attended his Injuries. His left hand was severely burned and one of the bones In his heel was fractured. Besides this there were bruises on his knees. He was able to give his name as August A. Fescher and that he 'does tailoring for a livelihood. He uses the room as a shop, bedroom and kitchen. He Is 78 years old and his hair Is white. It Is said that he makes the fifth family rep resented In the old house. The bouie Is rented to the nceunant by J. R-vlt-, wp live next door at 1213 Dd". Ravltz does not own the house, but merely sublets it to the negro families'. JOINT STATEHOOD FAVORED Irlsotia and .ew Mexico titles Send Petition to Wash ington. ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Dec. lfl.-The executive committee of the Joint Statehood League of New Mexico Is arranging to send a committee to Washington to look after the movement while congress Is In session. The board of trustees of the city of Gallup. N. M., today wired a message to congress asking kor the passage of the joint state hood bill and a similar message was trans, mltted by the city council of Sliver City, N. M. Secretary Mark Roger of the Arizona Statehood association announce that he ha ent a letter to John Sharp William asking for hi aid in behalf of joint state hood. Signed petition were sent to Wash ington today from Raton, Manuelito, San Antonio, N. M., and other town. Railroad Laborer KUIed. OAKLAND. Neb., Dec. W. BpecIal Teje jram.) Thoma Smith, presumably from ,-Iudson. Wis., an employ of the Grant nmlth company, railroad contractors, wss accidentally killed here about 1:30 Saturday afternoon by falling in front of a train of loaded car. At the coroner' Inquest the company wss exonerated from all blame. Th body la in charge ot Coder Jtr I". Q. PalmauUt, NEBRASKA WEATHER FORECAST Pair Monday and Tuesday. Temperuture nt Omnna Vesterdnj i Boor. Drt. Hour. near. 8 a. m i p. m 4t " in a p. m 44 T.a. m in 3 n. , -in a. nt Til 4 . m 4! n n 7-1 R 11. m 4.1 " ST 1 p. m t.t a. m rs T p. ni 41 12 m .tii n p. m 42 f p. m -10 PUBLICITY CN CAMPAIGN CASH Committee to Fnrthrr Projeet Pub lishes a Mat of Its Sponsors. WASHINGTON Dec. 10. Perry Belmont of Nf w York, chairman of the publicity bill committee, which Is Instituting a movement for publicity of campaign contributions, today announced that the following hnve consented to serve as members of the na tional organization In nddltlon to those whose names have already been published: Governor Hanley of Indiana. Governor Montague of Virginia. Governor Cummins of Iowa. Governor Blanchard of Louisi ana. Governor War field of Maryland, Gov ernor Dawon of West Virginia. Samuel Gompers. president of American Federation of Labor; George Gray. United States cir cuit Judge, Delaware; Charles W. Eliot, president Harvard university; Edward A. Alderman, president University of Vir ginia; W. 11. p. Faunce, president Brown university; Heniy Hopkins, president Wil liams college; William De W. Hyde, pres ident Bowdoln college; W. L. Word. New York, member republican national com mittee; Norman E. Mack", New York, mem ber democratic national committee; Wil liam E. Chandler, former secretary of the nnvy and of tho Spnnltli Claims commis sion, Washington, D. C. ; Charles E. Hughes, counsel New Tork legislative In surance investigation; Warner Miller, for-u-i United Statc.s senator from New York: Jil i. M. Thurston, former United States e: . to.- from Nebraska: William F. Vllns. ic-.v.. postmaster general; Everett Colby, st senator elect, New Jersey; Carter H. Harrison, former niuyor of Chicago; Roger C. Sullivan, Illinois, member democratic national committee: Charles A. Gardiner, chairman law committee. New York state publicity bill committee; John F Dlllonk. New York, former Judge; William F. Har rlty. Philadelphia, former chairman demo cratic national committee; R. R. Kenny, former United States senator from Dela ware; Charles S. Hamlin, Ronton; Cromwell Gibbons, Jacksonville, ' Fla.; Van L. Polk, Tennessee; IX 8. Jordan, president San ford university. California; James H. Wil son, Wilmington. Del. After the holidays a meeting of the na tional organization will be called to ap point committees and arrange an order of business and procedure. KANSANS APPEAL TO PRESIDENT Prohbltlnnlst Wnnt Rullna: of the Trenanry Department Re versed. WICHITA, Kan., Dec. lO.-An appeal will be mado to President Roosevelt to take a hard In the whisky tight in Ksnsas. The State Temperance union has commissioned an emissary to visit Washington and take tho matter up personally with the presi dent. "I am not at liberty to give the name of the emissary," said J. K. Codding, at torney for the union, "but he Is a strong man nnd has standing at the White House." The Temperance union claims that the Treasury department, by a certain ruling, has thrown a big obstacle in the way of law enforcement In Kansas and It will ask the president to order the secretary of the treasury to revoke the objectionable order. Several years ago." said Mr. Codding, "th? secretnry of the treasury Issued an order prohibiting internal revenue collec tors from making public the applications for government licenses. The obnoxious order Is far-reaching In lis effect. As long as It stands the information contained In the application for a liquor license cannot be secured." RAILROAD EMPLOYES PROTEST Insist l.enl Rate Regulation Would Re Against Their Heat Interests. CHICAGO. Dec. 10.-A resolution protest ing against the placing In the hands of the Interstate Commerce commission of rail road rate-making powers was adopted at a meeting here today by representatives of the different railway employes brother hoods In Cook county. Tlie meeting was attended by fifty delegates. The reholutlon declares that "any inter ference With the enriii.iD- I roads will be detrimental to the railroad j employes, would mke harder the conditions 1 now existing and would be used as a bar (toward any future movement on our part iur ueuermeni 01 wages or conditions." The meeting today is said to be prelimi nary to a general meeting of all railroad employe in Cook county, arrangements for which were placed in the i,nH committee appointed. ALARMED OVER LIGHTSHIP Spring- Aleak aud Sends Wireless Message fo ewport lor Heilaf. NEWPORT. R. I.,"Ee7. 10.When wireless communication with the Nantucke, South Shoal lightship wa broken at 3:30 ,'cloc',i this afternoon, a leak, which had been gain ing on the crew all day, had put out .he fires and immediate assistance was urgt.' The gunboat Hist attempted to leave fo. the relief of the lightship, but broke down Just as it was leaving the wharf. It wn understood, however, that the llghthoti.i tender Azalea started from New Bedford. The lightship la commanded by Captain Jorgensen of Dennis. Mass., and carries a crew of ten men and three naval wlreleri operator. It la believed that the water tight compartments will save the lightship from sinking, but It situation tonight waa causing much anxiety bar. FIRE RECORD. Blase la Postofllee. ELK POINT, 8. D.. Dec. W.-(6peclal ) X serious fir occurred here this morning to the postoffioe building about o'clock. The fire originated in the basement of the building and burned up through the first floor, causing a heavy safe to crash through Into the basement and awakening II. W. Main In the Telephone exchang office, who gave the alarm. No damage waa done to tbe postoffice fixture or valu able, but P. Sharp, a jaweler, occupying a portion of the building, suffered a loss of about No Imuran ca, NAMES THE CABINET ?ir Henry rampbell-Bannennn Premier and first Lord cf the Treasury. ' oBsaannnB ASQUITH CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER Herbert Gladstone It Secretary of Btat for Borne Affair. SIR EDWARD GREY HE-DS FOREIGN AFFAIRS Jobs, lutrley ia to Direot the Affairs of tbe Indian Office. EARL OF AIERDEEN GOES TO IRELAND Sir Henry rampbell-Banuerman Ink. lnlts the List to the King, Who Slgnlflr HI Approval. LONDON. Dec. 10. It la officially an nounced thnt tho new British ministry Is made up as follows : Prime Minister and First Lord of th Treasury Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Chancellor of the Exchequer Herbert Henry Asqulth. Secretary of State for Home Affairs Her bert John Gladstone. Secretary of State for Foreign Affalr Plr Edward Grey. Secretary ol State for the Colonies The tai l of Elgin. Secretary of State for War Richard Bur don Haldane Secretary of 8tate Tor India John Morlev. First Lord of the Admiralty-Baron Tweedmouth. Lord High Chancellor Sir Robert Thi-eshie Reld. President of the Board of Trado David Lloyd tJcorge. President of the Local Government Boar. I Jol::: Burns. Secretary of State for Scotland John Sin clair. President of the Board of Agriculture I-.arl Lurrlngton. Postmaster General Sydney Charles Bux ton. Chief foci-etsry for Ireland James Bryce. 1ord President of the Council The earl of Crewe. Lord of the Privy Seal The marquis of RIpon. President of tho Board of Education Augustine Illrrell. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Henry Hurtloy Fowler. The foregoes constitute the cabinet. The following niln. .iters are not in the cabinet: Trd lieutenant of Ireland The earl of Aberdeen. Lord Chancellor of Ireland Rt. Hon. Samuel Walker. First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings Lewis Vernon Harcourt. Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Banncrmnn drove to the. palace st 6 o'clock this evening and had an audience with King Edward of about twenty minutes, and at which hi majesty signified his approval of the new govern ment. Press Comment on Cabinet. The conservative morning newspapers are compelled to admit that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has succeeded In forming a much stronger administration than had -been thought possible. The liberal papers are full of enthusiasm nnd cordial congratu lations to the premier on having not only ably united all sections of his party in tha ministry, but on having displayed great discrimination In giving .ile judrvldual mem- . hers congenial posts. They ex pre vt he conviction that '.such a cabinet will . In spire confidence both nt homA and abroad. The names of Herbert Henry Asqulth, Sir Edward Grey and Richard Burdon Hnl dane alone, It is held, will give greet weight to the ministry, and Insure that there will be no revival of Oladatonlnn home rule, despite tho fact that the cabi net contains a preponderance of those favorable to home rule. The conservative organs point out that tho most enthusiastic home ruler, John Morley, has been sent to the India office where he will have llttlo Influence on In ternal politics. Tho omission of Lord Roseliery is naturally the subject of much comment and there is considerable curi osity as to what attitude he will adopt when he addresses tho Liberal league to day. It Is noticeable that, hi son-in-law, the earl of Crewe, is In the cabinet. Compliment for Burn. The composition of the cabinet presents no surprising features. It is larger then was expected, the last liberal cabinet only numbering sixteen members. Six of .the new secretaries, beside Sir Henry Camp-bell-Bannerman, have held cabinet rank before, though most of them have held ministerial appointments, while three, David Lloyd George, Augustine Blrrell and John Burns, have never before held office of sny kind. The rapid rise of John Burns, from the workshop to the cabinet, with 1 saliry of JIO.uiO a year. Is a unique fen tur indicating the growing Importance of the radical party, and he is being congrat ulated on all sides nn winning a well de. served honor. He will ho tho first labor member of the House of Common to hve attained cabinet rank. Perhaps the most popular appointment of all is thnt of Sir Edwad Grey, who, after Lord Rosebery. has the highest reputation for statesmanship. He Is expected to hold to the best traditions of Great Britain's for eign policy and to inspire confidence abroad. Augustine Blrrell Is not a member of Par liament, but It is expected he will be elected for Bristol alnioxt Immediately. Among the unexpected appointments ar those of John Sinclair and Lewi Vernon Harcourt. The former hus had much mili tary experience and has been a Parliamen tary whip and secretary to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. Mr. Harcourt was very popular In society. Baron Tweed mouth will lead In the House of Lords, thus succeeding Etrl Spencer, who Is 111. Appointments to minor office are ex pected to be announced within a few days, mike Ignored. The omission of Sir Charles Dilke from the ministry Is much commented upon by the Daily Telegraph, which say in an edi torial that it does not desire to reopen wounds that should have been healed years ago, but reminds the liberals that they were glad to avail themselves of the service of Sir Charle while they were out of office, inviting him to lead tho debates on foreign office questions, etc. "To have ostracized Sir Charles Dilke altogether." the Dally Telegraph adds, "would have been narrow-minded and bigoted, but to utilize his great service in the opposition and shut the door of the cabinet In hi face I at once cowardly and hypocritical." Large Meteorite kear Sturgla, STURG1S, S. D.. Dec. 10 -(Special.) Mrs. Frank II. Burgess of Fort Meade recently was attracted to the door of her residence by a strange light. f,he had barely opened the door when a blinding ball of fire, seem ingly as large as a waterpall, fell from the heavens and struck th ground but a few feet from where she stood. About twu hour later her son. Lloyd, dug out, at a depth of seven Indus, a meteoric atona weighing altotit four ounces th aaui baiu; atlll hoi when uncovr4.
